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- Ninety-year-old former Indian Forest Service officer and environmentalist Yellappa Reddy led a protest march through Bengaluru's Lalbagh demanding the withdrawal of the Karnataka Park Conservation (Amendment) Bill, which the state assembly had passed last month.
- The amendment would have allowed the government to reserve five per cent of park land across the state, including Bengaluru's more than 1,300 parks, for public use.
- Facing public pressure, Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced on Thursday night that the bill would be withdrawn and may be reintroduced with necessary changes.
- Critics, including Reddy and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, linked the amendment to the proposed tunnel road project through Lalbagh, an allegation the Chief Minister rejected, while an IISc professor said tunnelling under the rock poses no technical risk.
What to watch next
- The form of any revised version of the park conservation bill the government says it plans to reintroduce
- Developments in the court case and public interest petition concerning the tunnel road project through Lalbagh
- Progress and any plan changes on the tunnel road project, including the tender process
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Named India · Adani Group · Bengaluru Development Authority · Karnataka Government · Lalbagh Botanical Garden · Reddy Tunnel Road Project · Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCAL) · Devraj Urs · DK Shivakumar · Gautam Adani · Halib-Havegal-And-Fisheries University · Indian Institute of Science (IISc) · Tejasvi Surya
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